NameTides

Anya

Anya was the #375 girls' name in the US in 2025 (821 babies), and #291 in England & Wales and #212 in Canada.

Anya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Anya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandUSIreland
Anya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#375 (821)#291 (155)#324 (10)#334 (4)#443 (8)#212 (144)
2024#394 (801)#315 (137)#384 (8)—#631 (5)#268 (113)
2023#443 (695)#329 (134)#304 (12)#391 (3)#316 (12)#298 (101)
2022#486 (645)#279 (164)#285 (12)——#318 (92)
2021#536 (574)#278 (171)#339 (10)—#764 (4)#412 (77)
2020#657 (438)#283 (164)#229 (16)#333 (4)#495 (7)#401 (77)
2019#658 (445)#269 (179)#343 (10)—#551 (6)#448 (73)
2018#678 (431)#226 (224)#213 (20)—#474 (8)#503 (62)
2017#627 (471)#223 (232)#210 (21)—#651 (5)#535 (59)
2016#592 (516)#219 (239)#179 (27)#440 (3)#868 (3)#393 (88)
2015#550 (564)#172 (316)#177 (25)—#532 (7)#366 (93)
2014#473 (671)#166 (331)#174 (27)#314 (5)#494 (8)#430 (76)
2013#446 (688)#154 (332)#169 (27)#284 (6)#660 (5)#370 (88)
2012#394 (787)#163 (319)#185 (24)—#612 (6)#350 (93)
2011#432 (727)#139 (408)#155 (29)#444 (3)#612 (6)#363 (90)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #375.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1943.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anya by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #210WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #438MINew York: #317NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #511INOhio: #390OHPennsylvania: #349PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #246CAUtah: #385UTColorado: #370CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #317TXFlorida: #443FL
Anya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#14039
Ontario2024#27346

Anya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnyaCanadaGirls#212144
AnyaEngland & WalesGirls#291155
AnyaIrelandGirls#4438
AnyaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
AnyaScotlandGirls#32410
AnyaUSGirls#375821